colegrove713

Awesome. In for two. After reading all the negative comments, I might buy a third. Aside from the dark humor of the shirt design, races for cures are generally an inefficient use of raising money. Awareness, yes. Money, no.

Besides, did anyone comment that the Cookie Monster shirt on the Reckoning "The Binge" is a bad example for alcoholics and/or those with eating disorders?

I love BootsBoots's humor. I voted for this design in the Derby and am happy others appreciated the humor.

yeawuteva

bixmaschine wrote:can we get it in moisture wicking instead of cotton?! i'd wear this every time i ran.

not only moisture wicking shirts, but shirts with logo's on a breast pocket, back of shirt logo's, long sleeve option, hoodie option, all would be nice woot. Whoever is in charge over there please step up your game. Thanks!!!

professore

I really like this on its own merit, but the fact that people are so easily offended by things like this makes it all the more tempting. I'm trying to stretch my disability check through the rest of the month, but I'll probably end up getting one at $15 later on.

Unless, of course, someone feels like organizing a benefit of some sort in my honor..?

rachelwootswii

yeawuteva wrote:I was going to buy this shirt then I realized the figure on the shirt is wearing #44-
that is:
The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson

brc4cats

madcran wrote:I was born in that year. I might buy it specifically for that.

That is kinda why I bought it. My mom was diagnosed with early signs of breast cancer but got it removed and now she is cancer free, She would not find this offending at all, she would probably think it is funny.... I bought one

jestaples

CrescentDebris

blankzero wrote:I do not find anything offensive about a shirt that encourages me to raise money for a potentially good cause.

It's because of how it's worded. Some people read as if it's saying children and Africa are diseases. "Race for a cure for something like cancer or diabetes." Others read it as "Race for a cure to help children and Africa" and feel all happy inside. I personally don't get offended by anything unless it's specifically about me. Trashing my gender or race is whatever. But not everyone is like that. So in that way, I think the wording could have been better. But hey, 1220 votes say otherwise.

Regardless of the popularity or intention, be careful about wearing it depending on where you live or visit. That 44 might end up being the body count.

Kalari

So glad this won! I was pulling for it from the very beginning. I remember all the races for the cause-of-the-month -- where else do you think today's celebrities learned how to jump on the Trendy Cause Bandwagon?

panthiest

thirdfuerst

First shirt purchase, first (and probably last) time on this comment thread...

But wait...I may just benefit from reading your opinion regarding the obvious or your knee-jerk PC commentary...on second though, nah...

My mother had a hysterectomy 10 years ago; two other dear friends (one over the age of 50, the other only 22) had them within the past five years. Each of them would find this funny as hell. My mother jokes about erasing the evidence of having had me (I can't wait for the obvious rejoinder).

I've volunteered for two Nike Women's Marathons and supported several friends in participating Race for the Cure and Team in Training. If you don't like the shirt, do what most people do when guilt and a pledge card are shoved under their nose: shut the hell up and move on.

oze6000

mybell

It used to be that the majority of my mail seems to be for charity requests. While they all seem great, there are just way too many to respond to them all and the paper costs, mailing costs, and all the free gifts they send, at times seems to be such a waste of money.

Great shirt, Boots, congratulations. Think I will go race for the cause.

thewronggrape

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

To me, the shirt is not offensive and is a statement on how people can say something seemingly pithy like "We need to help Africa," without really knowing what they're talking about. That's why the shirt is so nonsensical and is making fun of "buzz causes" with people not really knowing what they're talking about. It's like the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

hosabosa

CrescentDebris wrote:It's because of how it's worded. Some people read as if it's saying children and Africa are diseases. "Race for a cure for something like cancer or diabetes." Others read it as "Race for a cure to help children and Africa" and feel all happy inside. I personally don't get offended by anything unless it's specifically about me. Trashing my gender or race is whatever. But not everyone is like that. So in that way, I think the wording could have been better. But hey, 1220 votes say otherwise.

Regardless of the popularity or intention, be careful about wearing it depending on where you live or visit. That 44 might end up being the body count.

This.

I get the shirt, people. I really do. And I applaud it for being quite clever conceptually.

But, seriously, you had better consider your bodily health when wearing this shirt. I honestly don't think you'd be beaten on by wishy-washy, overly priveleged (and, come on, let's be honest, most likely white) persons of means. The wording is most definitely incisive... in the way it was intended but in a racist, *unintended* way too.

BootsBoots

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

To me, the shirt is not offensive and is a statement on how people can say something seemingly pithy like "We need to help Africa," without really knowing what they're talking about. That's why the shirt is so nonsensical and is making fun of "buzz causes" with people not really knowing what they're talking about. It's like the Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

I hope I'm making sense.

Thanks for the good explanation. I wasn't going to type all that out, but I'm glad someone did and you said it better than I could. Nice Miss South Carolina (teen?) quote.

Thanks everyone, I'm glad so many people like the humor! It gives me hope! For the children...

BootsBoots

yeawuteva wrote:I was going to buy this shirt then I realized the figure on the shirt is wearing #44-
that is:
The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson

Sokudoningyou

And my died survived prostate cancer, my three grandparents all died of various cancers, and I think it's funny. Seriously. Racing for ____ Cure has gotten to be so prevalent, almost no one cares anymore. Does the race even raise enough money? I don't believe so; it's like a weak band-aid over people's feelings because they jogged a few blocks and got a T-shirt.

stewy0327

Xihix wrote:I actually really like this shirt, but a close friend recently passed away from cancer, so I'm not sure if I should get it or not. What's even more ironic is that I'll be running, or at least walking, a marathon in like three weeks to raise more awareness for cancer and in her honor... I'm so conflicted.

You should buy it and wear it to the run/walk. See what people say, life is short have fun

lowra921

atiecay

I WOULD buy this, even at the risk of offending my family full of fundraisers and race-for-a-whatever participants, because I think it's hilarious...

However, the different color at the bottom of the circle drives me crazy and I think I would notice it every time I got the shirt out to put on. I know that's stupid, but those things really irritate me.

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